The ability to use a living costume that is symbiotically bound to their body. Variation of Power Suit. Opposite to High-Tech Exoskeleton.
Capabilities
The user possesses a living costume that is symbiotically bound to their body. Though not a superpower itself, it does grant powers to the user.
Applications
- Assimilative Evolution
- Amorphous Physiology
- Costume Specification
- Dermal Armor
- Enhanced Condition/Supernatural Condition
- Malleable Anatomy
- Natural Weaponry
- Regenerative Healing Factor
- Symbiosis
Variations
- Alien Mind
- Bio-Tech Manipulation
- Divided Mind
- DNA Replication
- Elasticity
- Life-Force Absorption
- Organite Manipulation
- Parasite Physiology
- Regenerative Empowerment
- Shapeshifting
Associations
- Bio-Metal Physiology
- Bio-Metallic Symbiotic Exoskeleton
- Biological Symbiosis
- Enchanted Symbiotic Exoskeleton
- High-Tech Symbiotic Exoskeleton
- Powered Structure
- Power Suit
- High-Tech Exoskeleton
- Technomagical Symbiotic Exoskeleton
Limitations
- Symbiote and host may need each other to survive.
- User may develop completely different personality due to symbiote being alive as well.
- User's life force may be used to power the symbiote.
- Symbiote might be weakened by a certain power or substance (Ex: Venom's symbiote is weakened by sound waves or fire)
Known Users
- Aika Sumeragi (Agent Aika)
- Goku Uniform Users (Kill la Kill)
- Kamui Users (Kill la Kill)
- Wetworks (WildStorm Comics)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- X-O Manowar (Valiant Entertainment)
- Tobi/Spiral Zetsu (Naruto)
- Kakuja Users (Tokyo Ghoul)
- Kelly Funk (One Piece)
- People that have bonded to Klyntar (Symbiotes) (Marvel Comics)
- Klyntar (Symbiotes) (Marvel Comics)
- Scarlet Spiders/Team Red (Marvel Comics)
- Dreadface (Marvel Comics)
- Iron Man (Marvel Comics); via Extremis armor and Endo-Sym Armor
- Ultimate Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)
- Symbiote Wolverine (Spider-Man: Web of Shadows)
- Symbiote Electro (Spider-Man: Web of Shadows)
- Symbiote Black Cat (Spider-Man: Web of Shadows)
- Wario (Nintendo); via Super Wario
- Hellspawns (Image Comics)
- Redeemers (Image Comics)
- Haunt (Image Comics)
- Witchblade (Witchblade)
- Darkness (Witchblade)
- Angelus (Witchblade)
- Sara Pezzini (Witchblade)
- Danielle Baptiste (Witchblade)
- Jackie Estacado (Witchblade)
- Upgrade (Ben 10)
- Galvanic Mechamorph (Ben 10)
- Ship (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Guyvers (Guyver)
- Shō Fukamachi (Guyver)
- Sean Barker (Guyver)
- D (Vampire Hunter D)
- Blue Beetle/Jaime Reyes (DC Comics)
- Walter (Sanctuary)
- Darth Bane (Star Wars)
- Alcatraz (Crysis)
Gallery
Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
Venom (Marvel Comics)
Flash Thompson aka Agent Venom (Marvel Comics) is the perfect host for the Venom symbiote.
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Carnage (Marvel Comics)
Anti-Venom (Marvel Comics)
Toxin (Marvel Comics)
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She-Venom (Marvel Comics)
Hybrid (Marvel Comics)
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Scream (Marvel Comics)
Phage (Marvel Comics)
Spawn (Image Comics), like all Hellspawn, has a suit of living necroplasmic armor bonded to his central nervous system, that protects him even when he's unconscious.
Ultimate Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)
The Spider, an alternate Peter Parker bound to the Carnage symbiote.
Symbiote Wolverine (Spider-Man: Web of Shadows)
Symbiote Black Cat (Spider-Man: Web of Shadows)
Symbiote Electro (Spider-Man: Web of Shadows)
Mayhem (Marvel Comics)
The Guyver.
Blue Beetle (DC Comics)
Darth Bane wears an armor composed of orbalisks.
The Symbiotic Galvanic Mechamorph Upgrade
The Mechamorph Armor
Iron Man's Extremis armor is contained in his bones when inactive.
With the power of the Jake Jake no Mi, Kelly Funk (One Piece) can transforms himself into a full-skin jacket that others can wear and control the wearer's body, potentially increasing their strength.
Tobi (Naruto) had displayed the ability to open up his top half entirely and use himself as a suit of sorts to encase someone in.
Scorn's symbiote is techno-organic.
Bizarnage (Amalgam Comics)
X-O Manowar (Valiant Entertainment) is a class of alien bio-technic armor of uncatalogued capacity.